Site of town purchased May 9, 1791 from Abraham Harris, Rowland Bevins, and Joshua Pepper, and laid out for county-seat of Sussex County in accordance with Act of General Assembly of January 29, 1791. Named Georgetown in honor of George Mitchell, for several sessions Speaker of State Senate and prominent member of commission appointed to lay out the town. Home of Governor Charles C. Stockley.
Installed in 1932. Reinstalled in 1967.
Historic Markers Commission, 1932.
Public Archives Commission, 1967.
US 113 and DE 18, western edge of town, 0.9 miles from Georgetown
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